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Apr 12, 2017

I recently participated in a spring mailart exchange. My exchange partner finally received what I sent so I can show it.Part of the fun of mailart is the planning process.

Floss Toss

Then there's the stitching and embellishing:

This was the first time I've used the metallic ribbon. I found it in my craft room when I was organizing. Imagine!The mailart project gave me reason to use my newly organized craft room.

Long time readers may remember the portable pressing board I made a couple years ago. It is a coincidence that the stacked bins next to my desk is the right height and has enough room to set the pressing board on top for ironing as I sew.

Years ago, I decided to store my ribbons on bobbins rather than leave them on the spools. It takes up less space and I can easily see what I have, but storing them like that leaves kinks in the ribbon.

Even though I could use an iron to get the kinks out, using my flat iron is a quicker and easier way to get the job done!

If I had to do it over, I'd stitch the addresses in green to match the border, other than that I'm pleased with how it turned out.

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Both yours and Shelly's are adorable! You do such good work. And the ideas you come up with - using your hair curler on the ribbon - excellent idea! My stitching group recently had to iron a whole tub of ribbons - wish we would have thought of using the curling iron!

Very cute, Meari. You come up with some of the greatest, cutest ideas. And Shelley's mailart looks really nice. I'm still amazed that you can actually send these through the mail. But what really surprises me is that they seem to come through the experience in one piece!

I love these stitched envelopes. You can become so very creative with the designs to choose for the front and the back and with the embellishments. Both envelopes are beautifully stitched and finished.